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SEPTEMBER 2020
What’s Inside
Board - General 2
IDNR News Re-
lease 3
FRV Youth Cor-
ner
4
September
Speaker 5
From The Mem-
bership Circle 6
Challunge on the
Chain entry form 7
2020 club outings 8
Members Only
Photos 9-11
U P C O M I N G
E V E N T S
Zoom meeting on
September 9th
Club Meeting
featuring Ben
Modica!
Sunday September
20th 25th Annual
Challunge on the
Chain!
September 25th-
28th Popp’s Out-
ing to Crivitz,
WI!
Hello fellow club members. All I can say is that it has been a crazy 2020. With that being said, I hope you are all out there doing some successful Muskie fishing. Below I will try to de-tail some key events still on our 2020 calendar! On September 16th we will be holding a “virtual” monthly club meeting. We will not be gathering at Chandlers in person for this meeting due to Covid-19! We will use the exact same format we used back in May to host the virtual meeting! The
meeting will start at 7:00PM and our guest speaker will be Captain Ben Modica. Ben will be covering understanding the muskies attitude, water clarity and water temps and how this combination We will be running some kind of raffle, the de-tail will be sent out prior to the meeting. Our Tournament that was scheduled for May has been moved to Sunday, September 20th. We will start the tourna-ment at 7:00AM and it will end at 4:00PM. Details are in this newsletter. We will be holding this event out of Musky Tails instead of the Antioch VFW. We will not be providing a meal at the end of the event. Following the close of fishing hours we will all meet back at Musky Tales for the tallying of points to award the winners their trophies and cash payouts! Tournament packets will be available the morning of the event at Musky Tails. You can also sign up for the tourna-ment the day of the tournament at Musky Tales. We have two fall outings that are scheduled to take place this fall. These outing will still be held as planned. We will be able to social distance at these events. The first outing will be held at Popp’s Resort in Crivitz, WI (www.poppsresort.com) The dates will be Friday September 25 to Monday September 28th. The second outing will be held at Garmish Resort in Cable, WI on Lake Namakagon (www.garmischresort.com). The dates for this outing are October 22nd to October 25th. Space for both of these outings are limited. If you are interested in attending, please email, call or text me ASAP. A few more changes the Lake Geneva Musky convention that was scheduled for May 8 -10th has also been postponed until November 13th-15th. When I was speaking to Pete Rich about the change he theorized that this might be a good one. We will be able to get out on Lake Geneva right when the big girls will be staging up on the cisco migration that take place on Geneva in the fall. More to come on this event in the upcoming months. Until next month, keep safe.
Dan Koniewicz
September Issue
FRV NEWS CAST
GENERAL MEETINGS
7:00 PM @ SCHAUMBURG GOLF
CLUB/CHANDLER’S CHOPHOUSE
401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, IL.
(847) 885-9009
BOARD MEETINGS 6:15 PM at Chandler’s Chophouse in
Schaumburg on Wednesdays following our
General club meeting. All members are wel-
come to attend.
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FRV MUSKIES INC. P A G E 2
2020 BOARD MEMBERS
Frank Lucido Membership Director 847-559-8300 Joe Erkenswick Media Director (847) 208-1371 Mike Pierce Res. & Stocking Dir. (847) 642-0839 Dave Klop Res. & Stocking Dir/PR. (847) 347-7989 Todd Minor Speaker Director/ IMA (630) 229-3726 Pete Barber IMA Delegate (847) 849-9967 Dan Lamkin Trade Show Director (815) 403-0480 VACANT Chapter Rep. (XXX) XXX-XXXX Tim Crews Merchandise Director (815) 341-8118 Rich Gallagher Newsletter Editor (847) 341-1723 Jeff Henderson Youth Director (847) 409-1410 Blake Pawlikowski Webmaster (952) 240-9242 Mark Rue ALD (773) 580-0513 Terry Magnusson ALD (773) 406-9978 Steve Behrends ALD (630) 717-7805 Steve Walter ALD (630) 432-5083 Steve Kroll ALD (312) 320-6721
2020 OFFICERS
President Dan Koniewicz Vice President Rich Gallagher Treasurer Frank Bottiglieri Secretary Blake Pawlikowski
PETER J. BARBER & Associates, Inc. CPA & Consultants
Family & Estate Tax Planning & Preparation
Business Accounting & Taxes (847) 726-7267
Don Baker Battery Service Corp. 410 Evergreen Ave.
Bensenville, IL 60106 1-800-425-4071
Website: laxreproductions.com
Bus Phone: 715-547-3710 Cell Phone: 715-490-3710
Email [email protected]
PLACE YOUR AD HERE. CONTACT AN FRV BOD MEMBER!!
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FRV YOUTH CORNER P A G E 4
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Well hope everyone had a great summer. I know I sure did,! I was able to do a lot of fishing with my son. It has been very unique summer with everything happening all around us. We have had to cancel all our Youth Events in trying to do our part and keeping people safe. It has given me some time to work even harder to make our 2021 Youth Events even better. We do have some exciting news about one of our Youth Outings with details to be forth coming. We are hoping to have in person meetings, so we can continue our "Cast if Forward" program. If you have any tackle, you can "Cast of Forward" and it will be given out at our Youth Events. Please stay safe and enjoy your time on the water!
Jeff "Hendo" Henderson Fox River Valley Muskies Inc. Youth Director
VIRTUAL CLUB MEETING P A G E 5
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THE FOX RIVER VALLEY CHAPTER PROUDLY PRESENTS CAPTAIN BEN MODICA
WENDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2020 VIRTUAL MEETING
Captain Ben Modica has been fishing for muskies since 1987; from the early 90's to present he has fished the Illinois Fox Chain of Lakes along with other lakes Including Lake St Clair and Green bay in pursuit of the elusive fish known as the Musky. In his pursuit for the Musky, Musky Fix Guide Service Ben Modica, has caught and released many trophy muskies. Ben will focus on Muskie Attitude, including water clarity and water temps! This meeting will be held via Zoom. The Zoom meeting begins at 7:00PM. Anyone can join us on this Zoom meeting. A Zoom link will be sent out to our membership via Constant Contact in advance and the link will also be posted on the FRV website as well as the FRV Facebook page!
Multispecies Contest Guidelines Our Multispecies Contest has some simple rules:
• LMB, SMB, Walleye and Northern Pike are the primary fish to enter.
• Muskies will be counted only if you have entered a true multispecies.
• Scoring is based on a formula comparing your fish to the state record for that species
• The minimum size for each species is:
• LMB – 18”
• SMB - 16”
• Walleye – 20”
• Musky – 30” Enter the contest by using the entry form on the FRV website. Enter your muskies using the Muskies Inc website – I check it frequently . You must submit a photo with your entry. Non typical multispecies are scored at ½” per inch of fish – Bluegill, Crappie, Catfish, Salmon, Trout etc.………Your best two fish per species count! Your best 5 scored fish are used for the grand total Kids Contest In an effort to get as many kids participating we give one point per inch of fish for non-typical multispecies. Last year we had catfish, trout, bluegill, crappie and a saltwater fish entered so enter all those fish your kids or grandchildren catch! Contact Info
Please call or text any question regarding the multispecies contest- Steve Behrends 630.640.4881
FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CIRCLE P A G E 6
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FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CIRCLE… I have been thinking about what to write for this article and I don’t have a good idea or know where to start! This summer, for me like for many others has been unique to say the least. In mid- March my work place shut down and it was work at home. The wife and I avoided social contact as much as pos-sible. We wore face masks in public places (still do). We avoided hoarding toilet paper, can goods or other food items. I saw a lot of this practice at Costco and other food markets (a lack of apathy for oth-ers I guess!). I did not fish nor had the desire to fish (don’t know why). I made the decision to sell my boat of 15 years. A 2005 Tahoe Fish/Ski / 19.8/ I/O with only 318 hours. Over the years the boat went on many family vacations, besides fishing with the Tahoe, the grandkids learned to water ski and loved tubing. The Tahoe was a source of family fun for many years, but it was time to sell. I am getting older, two of the grandkids started college, and the others are in high school and they have different
interest. O well, my tale of woe! I am sharing these personal experiences, because this is a unique time in our life, which we will never forget and maybe someday have the opportunity share these experiences with our grandkids. Now on the business side of things, membership has stayed relatively steady at 237 members. Considering the fact that the Clubs has not been able to have reg-ular meetings, fishing outings or other events this is encouraging. FRV seems to have a strong core of devoted member’s helping to keep the club strong and healthy. For this I say thank you all very much. Stay Healthy, keep your membership-up, go fishing when you can and God Bless,
Frank Lucido
Membership Director
REMAINING SPEAKERS FOR 2020.
MONTH SPEAKER
SEPTEMBER 9TH BEN MODICA
OCTOBER 14TH CHRIS RIEBE
NOVEMBER 11TH CHERYL SMITH
DECEMBER 9TH BILL BENNETT
Please check the FRV web page or the FRV Facebook page for updates on where the remaining meetings will be held. Due to COVID-19 we are planning on having our September speaker Ben Modica do his seminar via Zoom. The future meetings for Octo-ber, November & December will be last minute decisions as to whether or not FRV will gather at Chandlers for these final meetings of the year or if these will be done via Zoom. Please check the FRV website & Facebook page for updates.
REVISED DATE!!! P A G E 7
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FRV 2020 OUTINGS P A G E 8
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FRV OUTINGS / ACTIVITIES 2020
Event: 6th Annual Fall Flowage Fun at Popp’s Resort When: September 25th - September 28th , 2020. This is Friday to Monday. Where: Popp’s Resort, Crivitz WI Cost: Rooms are $189.90 for the 3 nights or $63.30 per night. The rooms are a motel
unit with two bedrooms and a small kitchen. Event Coordinator: Dan Koniewicz, 847-682-9238, [email protected] Additional Information: The outing kicks off Friday September 25th. This will be our 6th year of going up to Popp’s resort. Popp’s will have suckers available for purchase. Suckers will have to be ordered ahead. We will coordinate dinners as group. There are many restaurants in the area. Space is limited. A $50.00 deposit is due by May meeting. Make checks payable to FRV Muskies Inc. 5th Annual Sucker Madness at Garmish USA in Cable Wisconsin When: October 22nd – October 25th 2020. Where: Garmish USA in Cable Wisconsin (Lake Namakagon) Cost: Rooms are approximately $60.00 per night per person. (Based on 10 people) Event Coordinator: Dan Koniewicz, 847-682-9238, [email protected] Additional Information: The outing kicks off Thursday October 22. It is cold at this time of year up in Northern Wisconsin. But with this cold weather the big girls come out to play. We will coordinate dinners as group. There are many restaurants in the area. Space is limited. A Deposit of $90.00 is due at the May meeting. Make checks payable to FRV Muskies Inc.
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